Courage Movie Reviews Samples For Students

“12 O’clock high” is a classic movie of the Hollywood Golden Era. This movie is shown as an example of leadership, courage and a real male friendship. It focuses exclusively on the principle of command and leadership and could be used as a tool for commanders.
In the beginning of the movie we see the problem of lack of discipline in the so-called “hard luck” bomber group that raids over Nazi Germany. Colonel Keith Davenport show us that his leadership style is aimed to save his men’s lives, but on the other hand, he is no capable of sending ...

Movie Review: Maya Lin

Maya Lin is an award winning film that explores the artistic work of Lin—a renowned designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The documentary focuses on her other works that have considerably impacted on the community’s social and political aspects. The archived resources such as old clips, interviews and modern footages are used to explain how Lin’s artistic work developed to be an important tool for activism, confront and healing. Lin from her viewpoint explains the implication of her work and attempts to explain to the audience the criteria and motivation behind developing her design and structures.

How Maya Lin’s Design can be Considered Courageous

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Marie DiBattista voices her concern about the character of women in contemporary movies. In her article that discusses and draws a sharp distinction between women in the films made in the 1940s and 1930s, Marie DiBattista shows a woman figure of them being charming, outgoing, determined, devoted and widely admirable. It is this type of woman that DiBattista wanted to become. She is concerned that the contemporary films portray a woman who lacks the ability to enunciate, full of blundering, lacks coherence and is insecure.
However, this is not the case. Selene (Kate Beckinsale), a woman character in the movie, the Underworld ...

Many critics called the film Sholay (1975) directed by Ramesh Sippy the best film in the history of Bollywood, or the "Film of the Millennium". The critics praise it so much so that several critics insist that "innovation in Hindi films ends with Sholay and that everything after that is repetitious trash" (Banker 55). This picture is a mix of crime thriller with the elements of "Japanese samurai epics and American and Italian Westerns, most obviously The Magnificent Seven (which was based on Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai)" (Banker 55). The director involved a number of best Indian actors ...

In the year 1900 a book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” saw the world. The first film adaptation was released in 1939 and since that moment, we all know about a little girl who struggled with a great courage to see her home again. With a heart full of love, she went throughout all the tests she faced.
Dorothy was of a fidgety temper and by her actions she proved that she would never betray those she loved. A great example of her devotion was the moment when Miss Almira Gulch, the neighbor, wanted to take away Toto, her ...

Film Journal: The Breathless (1960) and Blow up (1966)
The camera style (shots and movement) of the film Breathless can be described as a bold visual style that attracts much attention for motion pictures. The police shooting Michel in the streets after an evasive and long death run signifies the motion picturesque that utilizes camaflex camera techniques. Such camera style, As a result, makes Godard wants to draw a picture of unsuited illusions not so best framed for my existentially challenging times in relationships.
The Editing style of the film builds on the hyperactive style that use abrupt jump cuts ...

The movie Serpico is a representation of the kind of life that was led one Frank Serpico, who a police officer was serving the nation. At the face value, Frank Serpico seems to be excellent and perfect. This is because all the tasks and duties that he is accorded he accomplishes them in good time and does them to the satisfaction and acceptance of the seniors. Thus, in all respects and fairness, it is worth to mention that Frank Serpico is an outstanding and diligent officer who excels at his duty post or station. This phenomenon presents an ethical dimension and ...

Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010), Divine Comedy of Dante
It is a common knowledge that this movie is adapted from Dante Aligheri’ called The Divine Comedy. This movie is animated from the country of Japan. The story is really simple. Dante had apparently gone to the Crusades for spiritual nourishment. However, when he came back, he found that his wife, Beatrice had been slaughtered. The Dark One, the name Dante gives to grim the reaper, was nonetheless present to take to hell, the girl’s soul. Dante did not know the reason for this. He therefore followed the ...

Introduction

Erickson’s Psychological Development stages explain 8 stages through which a developing human who is healthy have to pass from infancy to the late adulthood. According to him, in every stage an individual confronts and buoyantly masters new challenges.
Turning back to the video, it is unquestionably that it is related to Erickson’s Psychological Development stages since from the interview we understand that the “princess boy” enters autonomy vs. shame and doubt stage with more trust than distrust hence this helps him carry the virtue of courage into the remaining stages of development. The boy is very courageous ...

The Joy Luck Club (1993) was based on Amy Tan’s 1989 novel and deals with issues of culture, assimilation and generation conflicts between a group of four Chinese mothers and their Americanized daughters. All four women in the club had emigrated from China to the U.S. after World War II, and met after church to play Chinese mahjong every week. In reality, they had little joy or luck, and no expectations, only the hope that their children would have better lives than theirs. By the Confucian standards which the mothers learned from childhood, there were very definite differences in ...

Marty's Life Dream (In Question Form):

Can I become a rock musician and stay with Jennifer without being rejected?
Point of Attack/Catalyst:
Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd) bringing him out to the mall parking lot to introduce him to the DeLorean and film his time-trip

Collision/End Act One:

Libyans show up, kill Doc Brown, and force Marty to escape in the DeLorean to 1955.
Main Tension of the Movie in Question Form (Occupies Act Two):
How does Marty get back to the future?
Example of Rising Action:
Marty must avoid his mother's advances/must make his father more courageous/must warn Doc about his impending ...